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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779004203321

Autore

Bernard G. W

Titolo

The late medieval English church [[electronic resource] ] : vitality and vulnerability before the break with Rome / / G.W. Bernard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-280-77050-3

9786613681270

0-300-18258-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 p.)

Classificazione

HIS037010REL108020HIS015000

Disciplina

274.2/05

Soggetti

HISTORY / Medieval

Great Britain History Medieval period, 1066-1485

England Church history 1066-1485

England Social conditions 1066-1485

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- 1. THE HUNNE AFFAIR -- 2. THE MONARCHICAL CHURCH -- 3. BISHOPS -- 4. CLERGY -- 5. LAY KNOWLEDGE -- 6. LAY ACTIVITY -- 7. CRITICISM -- 8. THE CONDITION OF THE MONASTERIES -- 9. HERESY -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The later medieval English church is invariably viewed through the lens of the Reformation that transformed it. But in this bold and provocative book historian George Bernard examines it on its own terms, revealing a church with vibrant faith and great energy, but also with weaknesses which reforming bishops worked to overcome. Bernard emphasizes royal control over the church. He examines the challenges facing bishops and clergy, and assesses the depth of lay knowledge and understanding of the teachings of the church, highlighting the practice of pilgrimage. He reconsiders anti-clerical sentiment and the extent and significance of heresy. He shows that the Reformation was not inevitable: the late medieval church was much too full of vitality. But Bernard also argues that alongside that vitality, and often closely linked to it, were vulnerabilities that made the break with Rome and the



dissolution of the monasteries possible. The result is a thought-provoking study of a church and society in transformation.